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Like many organisations we are closed over the Christmas and New Years period, this will be from Friday the 17th December 2021 – Monday the 17th January 2022. If you wish to check out an example of our previous work we recently finished up our 13th Annual Musicathon with over...
Since June 2021, here at Chapel FM Arts Centre we’ve been running a Climate group for young people to explore the climate crisis. These young peopled, aged 11-16, have met each week to look at the global and local effects of climate change. We’ve spoken to local activists and organisers,...
This is your weekly breakdown of all the great things happening at Chapel FM Monday Night Broadcast Special 7:30pm – The Disabled Table #3 – Join us for humour and stories! Discussing ableism in education, advice for going out alone for the first time as a disabled plus story-teller and...
Chapel FM is proud to be bringing a group of young radio-makers, musicians, writers and activists from our Next Generation Youth Programmes to Glasgow for the global climate summit in Glasgow in November 2021. We’ll be gathering stories and other audio in order to create radio documentaries to be featured...
The Chapel FM Musicathon is a 24h of live non stop music marathon involving over 45 acts and over 200 performers all giving up there time and sometimes sanity for those playing at 3am to make it happen. Chapel FM has put on the annual Musicathon event every year for...
The COVID19 pandemic meant big changes for East Leeds FM. For a period of time, we got a FM lisence and broadcast advice and support for the local community in East Leeds. Some shows have been able to still record remotely, and learnt new skills how to create shows from...
We present six hours of reflections on life in the Armed Forces, including in-depth oral history conversations with current and former service members, music, poetry, news and more. East Leeds FM / Chapel FM Arts Centre is pleased to be working with Leeds City Council again this summer to present...
Like many organisations we are closed over the Christmas and New Years period, this will be from Friday the 18th December 2020 – Monday the 4th January 2021. If you wish to check out an example of our previous work we recently finished up our 11th Annual Musicathon with over...
The time is almost among us again. Chapel FM is once again doing its yearly 24h musicathon on the 12th and 13th of December 3pm till 3pm the next day with 24 hours of live music all local and all live kinda….. As you can imagine with 2020 being year of...
From late March until July 1, East Leeds FM had the honour and important responsibility of producing daily radio broadcasts to help keep our community connected during the challenging time of coronavirus lockdown. We were granted a special Covid-19 FM broadcasting licence by OFCOM (read about that here in Big...
Below are full details of today’s programming on East Leeds FM. Just hit the ‘Listen now’ button at the top of the page or tune your radio to 94.6FM. If you have information about projects, events, stories etc. that are happening in the local community for ELFM to share on the...
Below are full details of today’s programming on East Leeds FM. Just hit the ‘Listen now’ button at the top of the page or tune your radio to 94.6FM. If you have information about projects, events, stories etc. that are happening in the local community for ELFM to share on the...
Make a donation to help us buy radios for those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. Community Engagement Worker, Kiran from the Recovery Hub in East Leeds. East Leeds FM (ELFM) has been responding to the coronavirus lockdown in a unique and powerful way. We are always looking for...
Starting today, Friday, April 10, East Leeds FM (ELFM) is now broadcasting over the airwaves on 94.6FM (and as always, our unique community radio shows are available for listening anytime online). A warm welcome to new and returning listeners. Like many organisations, we have had to adapt to the changes...
In compensation for the postponement of Writing On Air 2020, we’re bringing you highlights from all four previous festivals, 2016-2019. From 7.30pm Friday 27th March right through to Sunday 29th midnight, a sumptuous banquet of totally fantastic programmes made by writers, readers, and performers in Leeds and West Yorkshire over...
East Leeds FM will be going live on the radio select days from 10am to 1pm to share stories, conversations, practical advice, music, writing and other arts in this unprecedented time of social isolation in response to the coronavirus. Click here to tune into our “Overcoming Isolation” broadcasts and listen...
The Leeds Literature Festival (https://leedslitfest.co.uk) has hired Chapel FM Arts Centre to produce a series of 10 podcasts as part of this year’s festival (running March 4-8). These podcasts will be released during the festival under the name: Leeds Lit Fest Podcast. The 10 episodes of the Leeds Lit Fest...
On October 9, 2019 we celebrated the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Chapel FM Arts Centre in the heart of Seacroft with a series of festive and memorable events with members of our community and guests from the wider world. Here are some of the highlights: Our Chapel...
We are celebrating four years of creative activities at Chapel FM—the first-ever arts venue in East Leeds. Last year we had a massive 78% increase in the number of the visitors attending the Centre. This report should give you a quick overview of what has been happening in the last...
Chapel FM was asked to be part of the "Together We are Stronger" project run in partnership between Leeds City Council and the national organisation Building a Strong Britain Together.